HUHS Health Assistant I aka Medical Secretary Recruited
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Job Location:
Cambridge, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description:
The Medical Secretary or Health Assistant I provides assistance in delivering high quality health care and exceptional customer service in a busy ambulatory care clinic serving the Harvard community. Serves as the primary contact with patients and provides general administrative support to physicians nurse practitioners and nurses on the team. Duties include: greeting and assisting patients at the clinics front desk answering the clinics telephones and routing messages to providers scheduling and confirming clinical appointments tracking immunization history coordinating referrals processing incoming and outgoing clinical correspondence maintaining files processing and tracking outside referrals and managing patient flow. Perform other related duties as needed.
Required One to two years of previous secretarial/administrative assistant experience. Education beyond high school.
Preferred - Graduate of a business/secretarial school or Medical Assistant program. Experience working with an electronic medical record. Health care/patient service experience. Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Bilingual skills.
Required One to two years of previous secretarial/administrative assistant experience. Education beyond high school.
Preferred - Graduate of a business/secretarial school or Medical Assistant program. Experience working with an electronic medical record. Health care/patient service experience. Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Bilingual skills.
| Union Designation |
Additional Details
- Preferred Pay Rate Range : BR-37.61/hr
- Union Designation : Union Eligible
- Report-To Detail : 100% on Campus
- Tenure Limit : 3 Months
- FLSA Exemption Status : Non-Exempt/OT Eligible
- Required Education : None
- Required occupational training certifications or license(s) : Worker must provide a Letter of Good Health signed by a physician and an immunization record that shows compliance with HUHS Immunization Policy to HUHS HR on first day of assignment.
- Business Title : Health Assistant I
- Additional Job Details : Floats between Counseling and Mental Health Services and Behavioral Health front desk operations when necessary. Verifies insurance eligibility in CAMHS and BH. Routes Prescription refill request to provider.
- Pre-identified candidates information including name email phone state/city/zip & pay rate : (No Value)
- Is the worker converting from being a Harvard full-time employee (FTE) : No
- Role requires identity I-9 and 3 reference screen (recruited) : Yes
- Role requires identity I-9 screen (payrolled) : No
- Role requires DMV/driving history screen : No
- Role requires criminal background and sexual offender screening CORI/SORI : Yes
- Role requires criminal background screen : No
- Role requires 10-panel drug screen : No
- Role requires credit record check : No
- Role requires compliance with Immunization policy. : Yes
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Typing
- Athenahealth
- Clerical Experience
- eClinicalWorks
- Insurance Verification
- Medical office experience
- Office Experience
- Computer Literacy
- Medical Terminology
- CPT Coding
- Epic
